Date-stamped : 26 Oct95 - 18:28
On a greenish pitch SA were sent in n to bat at the  Gabba.  Paul
Nobes  went  early  LBW  to Kasprowicz for 6. Johnson and Blewett
steadied things for a while and  took  the  score  to 49   before
Johnson  was trapped by McDermott for 23. A further three wickets
fell quickly as Blewett (25) fell to  Law  and Lehmann  (0)   and
Brayshaw    (0)   were  both  caught  behind, off  McDermott  and
Kasprowicz respectively to the SACA`s 5/73 just after lunch.

Gutsy  Wicket-keeper  batsman  Tim  Nielsen  joined  his  skipper
Siddons  and  these  two  proceeded  to add a record sixth wicket
stand for matches between SA and Queensland. They took the  score
to    236  before  Siddons  fell  for  130 caught  by  Maher  off
Kasprowicz. Siddons faced just 158 balls in his innings which was
his 25th century in Sheffield Shield cricket. The previous record
6th wkt stand was in 1990/91 when Joe Scuderi  and  David  Hookes
added 152 in Adelaide.

Nielsen and May added a further 24 before Nielsen  got  out  just
before stumps for a very timely and valuable 47. At the close May
and Gillespie were at the wicket and hopefully SA can get to  300
and  beyond in the morning session to give the visitors something
to bowl at.  Kasprowicz was the outstanding bowler for Queensland
with 3/46 from 24 overs.

<END> Contributed by Lawrie Colliver (colliver@ozemail.com.au)